Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Poisoning caused by mercury or a compound containing mercury.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pathological condition produced by the use of mercury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to mercury, it fumes, or its compounds;
mercury poisoning . Such exposure may occur in mining or smelting, or in using mercurial compounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Chronic
mercury poisoning
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Examples
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"Inhalation of mercury vapor over a long period may cause mercurialism which is characterized by fine tremors and erethism" "" Erethism may be manifested by abnormal shyness, blushing, self-consciousness, depression or despondency, resentment of criticism, irritability or excitability, headache, fatigue and insomnia.
THE MERCURY MISCHIEF: As Obama Warns of Hazards, the FDA Approves Mercury Dental Fillings 2009
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Inhalation of mercury vapor over a long period may cause mercurialism which is characterized by fine tremors and erethism ...
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[45] But, alas, with the mercurialism of temperament in which he has thought proper to indulge when only Negroes and Europeans not of
West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
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the most accurate research that could be done on amalgam would be to require all dentists who use it to place a generous research amount in their own mouths. then , with no measurable increases in their body burden of mercury, we can debate and ponder why they sometimes run their spouses over with their mercedes in fits of rage, a symptom associated with mercurialism.
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